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SciSpotlight: NYSCI News Digest: An Explainer in Crow Canyon

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:06:16 -0400

SciSpotlight: NYSCI News Digest: An Explainer in Crow Canyon:

For her summer project, Explainer Jade Johnson wanted to get involved in an archaeology project. But finding a cliff dwelling to excavate—that’s a little hard to do in Queens.

So Jade set out for Colorado’s Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in the Mesa Verde region, home to ancestral…

vimeo: Slug Invasion by The Animation Workshop As morning dawns...

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:05:25 -0400

vimeo:

Slug Invasion by The Animation Workshop

As morning dawns on a quiet suburb, a fleet of slugs prepares to attack. The spoils of war are in the soil, most notably a delicious flower guarded by a gardener intent on keeping her plants safe from pests.

Slug Invasion is the first of six thesis films to be released by our friends at The Animation Workshop in Denmark. We’ve teamed up with this phenomenal school and will feature five more films from the class of 2012 in the coming weeks. Keep your eyes peeled for more animated adventures!

Vimeo Buzz: The Idealists - A Case for Strong Community: Vimeo’s VP of Creative...

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:05:01 -0400

Vimeo Buzz: The Idealists - A Case for Strong Community: Vimeo’s VP of Creative...:

vimeobuzz:

The Idealists - A Case for Strong Community: Vimeo’s VP of Creative Development Blake Whitman on Filmmaking’s Webolution

“Blake Whitman has seen Vimeo’s user numbers soar into the millions since its 2004 conception. The key to keeping up quality and turning down the noise, he…

minimalistco: Steve Jobs by Marco Grob

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:58:08 -0400

minimalistco:

Steve Jobs by Marco Grob

mattflowers: Just in time for the Centennial

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:57:44 -0400

mattflowers:

Just in time for the Centennial

tedx: Video: A chat with Hans Rosling at TEDxSummit “The strive...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:57:20 -0400

tedx:

Video: A chat with Hans Rosling at TEDxSummit

“The strive for a washing machine is stronger than the strive for democracy,” says TEDTalks star Hans Rosling at the beginning of this casual video, shot at TEDxSummit last week. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Rosling sat down with a group of fans to chat about presenting data with clarity and passion — using Legos, rocks and humor that reveals deep insight. He muses, too, on TEDx itself, the worldwide movement of people sharing ideas at independent events in their own communities. What does it mean that so many people want to be part of TEDx — and what’s next?
Film: What Took You So Long? whattookyousolong.org
Music: Just a Band: just-a-band.com

Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:56:23 -0400

Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It:

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…

raginggrannies: Make no bones about it, our beloved internet is...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:55:35 -0400

raginggrannies:

Make no bones about it, our beloved internet is in serious danger…

and here is why.

Last year legislative measures were introduced in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, S. 968 (the “PROTECT IP Act”) and H.R. 3261 (the “Stop Online Piracy Act”). Their primary purpose, as we see it, is to help Hollywood keep rolling in the profits. Passage of these bills would mean that so-called “rogue” websites could be censored when they infringe on copyright law.

BUT…the language in both of these bills is written with a very broad paintbrush. Their passage would have a huge impact on the work of human rights advocates who speak out against injustice on sites that could easily be labelled “rogue” websites. It’s a slippery slope when censorship reigns.

The indymedia network that thrives on open publishing (and our favorite www.indybay.org here in the San Francisco Bay Area) would be subject to censorship, defeating the very purpose of its existence. Similar platforms created to provide anonymity to whistleblowers could become major casualties of these bills.

All to save Hollywood’s bottom line?

It’s not often that Raging Grannies align with the likes of Facebook and Google. We’ve protested at Facebook about their lack of privacy considerations, and at Google because of their flip-flop on internet neutrality. (After we demonstrated last time at Google we wound up on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’ and in a New York Times photo). But this time we are on the same side with the two internet giants. They too have come out AGAINST these Hollywood generated bills.

We are keeping track of who supports PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the house through this useful site. And we are taking action.

Our Senator Dianne Feinstein has disappointed us before by not standing up for Social Security…she disappoints us again by being a co-sponsor of PIPA. We are sent her an open letter with the photo above.

And we applaud our local Silicon Valley Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren and Anna Eshoo who say NO to SOPA.

US Senators from California Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are listed as PIPA co-sponsors. You can contact Senator Boxer at (202) 224-3553 and Senator Feinstein at (202) 224-3841. In other states, reach out to your own US senator.

Tell them the PIPA is dangerous…it could be used as a tool for online censorship. Tell them what websites YOU use that could become toast, and why you think it is important that we have a free internet.

Please tell your Congressperson to vote NO on SOPA.

Our friends at the Electric Frontier Foundation and Save the Internet help us stay up to date on what can be done to keep the internet free of censorship. We proudly stand together with them for internet freedom.

Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones!: Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones with a blog tour!

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:55:10 -0400

Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones!: Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones with a blog tour!:

dwj2012:

The Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones blog tour kicks off this Thursday, April 12. Here’s the schedule. Links will be updated as they go live — and keep checking back, as more dates will be added:

Thursday, April 12: Colleen Mondor at Chasing Ray

Friday, April 13: Sarah and Tanita at Finding…

Shiny Red Apples: Countdown to v3.0

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:41:54 -0400

Shiny Red Apples: Countdown to v3.0:

haraldpdl:

We are extremely proud to countdown to March 31 for the release of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 and to cause a disruption in the Open Source and e-commerce community. Our future goals are based on this new foundation that will continually be improved on to meet the demands of tomorrows store…

Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:41:30 -0400

Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It:

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…

tedx: Video: A chat with Hans Rosling at TEDxSummit “The strive...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:40:45 -0400

tedx:

Video: A chat with Hans Rosling at TEDxSummit

“The strive for a washing machine is stronger than the strive for democracy,” says TEDTalks star Hans Rosling at the beginning of this casual video, shot at TEDxSummit last week. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Rosling sat down with a group of fans to chat about presenting data with clarity and passion — using Legos, rocks and humor that reveals deep insight. He muses, too, on TEDx itself, the worldwide movement of people sharing ideas at independent events in their own communities. What does it mean that so many people want to be part of TEDx — and what’s next?
Film: What Took You So Long? whattookyousolong.org
Music: Just a Band: just-a-band.com

The 30 Must-See Tumblrs

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:39:49 -0400

timemagazine:

A few weeks ago, we asked for your favorite Tumblrs: The ones you love, the ones you can’t live without, the ones that make your .gif-loving hearts pound. We compiled your thoughts with our own to form one list of the 30 blogs every Tumblr user should know.

So who made the list? Head over to TIME.com and find out.

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:39:29 -0400

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY':

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

tedx: Video: A chat with Hans Rosling at TEDxSummit “The strive...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:34:26 -0400

tedx:

Video: A chat with Hans Rosling at TEDxSummit

“The strive for a washing machine is stronger than the strive for democracy,” says TEDTalks star Hans Rosling at the beginning of this casual video, shot at TEDxSummit last week. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Rosling sat down with a group of fans to chat about presenting data with clarity and passion — using Legos, rocks and humor that reveals deep insight. He muses, too, on TEDx itself, the worldwide movement of people sharing ideas at independent events in their own communities. What does it mean that so many people want to be part of TEDx — and what’s next?
Film: What Took You So Long? whattookyousolong.org
Music: Just a Band: just-a-band.com

brainshadow: It’s all true…

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:33:57 -0400

brainshadow:

It’s all true…

valentineuhovski: Welcome to Tumblr, Paco Rabanne!

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:33:30 -0400

valentineuhovski:

Welcome to Tumblr, Paco Rabanne!

vimeobuzz: Vimeo’s Got a New Music Store for Easy...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:32:03 -0400

vimeobuzz:

Vimeo’s Got a New Music Store for Easy Soundtracks

“The Vimeo ‘Music Store,’ open today, offers over 45,000 songs—free via Creative Commons, $2 tracks for personal use, and $100 licenses if you’re planning on earning some dough from your creation.” - Gizmodo

newshour: Saving: Brought To You By the Letter ‘S’ By Paul...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:31:37 -0400

newshour:

Saving: Brought To You By the Letter ‘S’

By Paul Solman

How to get us to save, the importance of self-control. Weighty issues deserving of discussion in the light of last Friday’s visit to Sesame Street. But what America wants to know, I’m guessing: What’s it like to interview Grover? (Not the tax-axing Norquist, of course, but the non-political blue blur of fur whose first name alone suffices, in the manner of Madonna, Bono, or Snuffleupagus.)

First fact: The interviewer must position himself above the duo that compromise the schtick figure, since Grover is animated from below and must be shot solo, lest the illusion of independence be shattered.

Second: Camera crews are obliged to hook up the video feed to a TV set, so that Gover’s lower half can watch the shooting as it happens, and reposition himself off-screen should and error occur. We had to reshoot one sequence when the brains of the operation bobbed up briefly into view.

Third: The master beneath the Muppet, Eric Jacobson, is only the second Grover in the 42-year history of the Street. The first: the legendary Frank Oz.

Fourth: No surprise, but Jacobson is one quick study, adapting quickly to questions that were in no way pre-arranged. Indeed, when we sprang the marshmellow test on the plucky pair, we knew that the sugar puffs were hardly PBS children’s fare. But the Blue Boy and his chaperone remained in character, and were graciously accommodating.

Fifth: Though I’ve watched Grover on TV for decades, he proved no more intimidating in person than any other famous interviewee, and in fact, seemed surprisingly unaffected by his celebrity.

Finally, sixth: He’s a regular Dorian Grey, that Grover. Now 42 years old, it’s simply amazing how little he’s aged. Or slowed down.

Video produced by Elizabeth Shell.

Note: For more on the Sesame Street savings program “For Me, For You, For Later,” click here: http://bit.ly/iwJDkp

vimeo: FEIST - The bad in each other by martin de thurahThe...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:31:05 -0400

vimeo:

FEIST - The bad in each other by martin de thurah

The many narratives of Martin de Thurah’s new music video for Feist create something mysterious and intentionally incomplete, yet also undeniably touching. On her website, Leslie Feist herself offers this insight: ”This video captures glimpses of something human, we get a peek inside something real between people — could be loss, longing, and love… It is told in a way where it opens up more aspects than it concludes.”